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Sonia Evans (born 13 February 1971), [1] known mononymously as Sonia, is an English pop singer from Liverpool. She had a 1989 UK number one hit with " You'll Never Stop Me Loving You " and became the first female UK artist to achieve five top 20 hit singles from one album. [ 2 ]
The British branch of the International Eurovision Fan Club (OGAE), had conducted a poll in late 1991, asking the members to nominate which singer they'd like to represent the United Kingdom in the contest. Sonia was the overwhelming winner of that poll, announced in early 1992.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 15 May 1993 at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland.Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and presented by Fionnuala Sweeney, the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1992 contest with the song "Why ...
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The song was produced by Nigel Wright and was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, finishing in second place. After Eurovision, the song peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the chart for seven weeks. [2] The B-side was a song called "Not What I Call Love", co-written by Sonia and also on her ...
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
The previous year, Sonia had been selected to be the UK representative and she performed all eight songs in the Song for Europe. The 1992 participant Michael Ball had enjoyed great success with his album based on the contest when it reached No.1 in the charts, and Sonia's management were keen to see similar results. [3] "
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